Vietnam / Laos / Myanmar Ramsar wetland
Mekong River
58 bird species recorded; the most in February.
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.44 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.25 species in July.35 species in August.0 species in September.33 species in October.10 species in November.14 species in December.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
58 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 58Speciesrecorded more than once
- 17Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 227Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Raptors
- 20Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 10Songbirds
- 9Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 58 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Waders20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosa
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Songbirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Malaysian Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
- Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/24°17 mm
- Feb27°/25°7 mm
- Mar28°/26°18 mm
- Apr30°/27°44 mm
- May30°/28°178 mm
- Jun29°/28°229 mm
- Jul29°/27°220 mm
- Aug29°/27°211 mm
- Sep29°/27°241 mm
- Oct28°/27°250 mm
- Nov28°/26°127 mm
- Dec27°/25°50 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mekong River.
Major river in Southeast Asia
Mekong River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Vietnam.
58 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 227 open records.
The most recorded are the Redshank, the Common Greenshank and the Eurasian Whimbrel.
7 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Bình Đạinearest town · 6.4 km in a straight line
- Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Mekong River
Vietnam
- 41Birdyas Score
- 58Species
- 17Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q41179) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 227 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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